Pictures: Nick Cannon 'Principal For A Day' At CREC Arts Academy In Hartford

Thanks to a local radio contest, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts had a special "principal of the day" Wednesday: Nick Cannon, the MTV-generation actor and host of America's Got Talent. Cannon performed and posed in photos with students at the school.

Thanks to a local radio contest, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts had a special "principal of the day" Wednesday: Nick Cannon, the MTV-generation actor and host of America's Got Talent. Cannon performed and posed in photos with students at the school. (Rick Hartford, rhartford@courant.com)

Nick Cannon, "America's Got Talent" host, DJ and husband of pop star Mariah Carey, turned the cafeteria of CREC Arts Academy in Hartford into a dance club for students as "Principal for a Day." The school beat out every other in the state to win Cannon's appearance after radio station Hot 93.7 hosted the online contest. Cannon made announcements over the loud speaker including "no homework for the rest of the week" and selected students performed for him. Read full story by Vanessa De La Torre.